| Verification of MOS, PE, and LFM quantitative precipitation forecasts for the 1979-80 cool season - :6808 | National Weather Service (NWS)

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"Model Output Statistics (MOS) forecasts of temperature, dew point, winds, clouds, and precipitation for major population centers throughout the United States have been available for many years now. These forecasts have been a valuable source of guid...

"The National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), formally known as NMC, has been developing and running numerical weather prediction models operationally since 1955. The first operational model was an equivalent barotropic model and from thi...

"A suite of AFOS application programs was developed to provide temperature guidance for remote zone locations, save forecaster preparation time, and generate verification statistics for the Idaho zone forecasts. They also provide winter and summer te...

"A cold short-wave feature that had been poised over the eastern Pacific for several days moved eastward to the coast of northern California and southern Oregon on October 24, 1989, and into the western Great Basin by 12Z on October 25. Although loca...

"The second national Heavy Precipitation Workshop, scheduled to be held in Asilomar, California in March 1989, was unfortunately canceled after much of the organization and preparation had been completed. Hopefully, it can be planned for a later date...